Politics
Trump decrees end of diversity programs, LGBTQ protections
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250120-trump-to-end-diversity-programs-define-two-genders-official
He oversaw the public executions of two women. Now he’s Syria’s new justice minister.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna186523
Freeland pitches herself as tested Trump negotiator, as protesters disrupt Liberal leadership launch
https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7435563
House leader Karina Gould joins Liberal leadership race
https://globalnews.ca/news/10966058/karina-gould-liberal-leadership-race-2/amp/
WATCH: Burgum says missing and murdered Indigenous women are an ‘unseen tragedy’
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-burgum-says-missing-and-murdered-indigenous-women-are-an-unseen-tragedy
Handshake-gate in Syria
https://www.politico.eu/article/syria-germany-annalena-baerbock-handshake-france-barrot-no-surprise/
Carbon tax’s fate uncertain as Liberal leadership front-runners distance themselves from key policy
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/freeland-carbon-tax-carney-1.7432958
Harris declines to invite Vance for courtesy visit to vice president’s residence before inauguration
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/harris-jd-vance-vice-presidents-residence/
UK women who suffer miscarriage should get two weeks’ paid leave, MPs say
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jan/15/uk-women-who-suffer-miscarriage-should-get-two-weeks-paid-leave-mps-say
Why the private sector should care about women’s political representation
https://www.weforum.org/stories/2025/01/women-workforce-economic-growth/
Hegseth’s views on women in combat, infidelity and more — in his own words
https://apnews.com/article/pete-hegseth-background-defense-secretary-confirmation-hearing-e160e10c86385a8beff110d9190fb34e
Karina Gould set to enter Liberal leadership race: source
https://globalnews.ca/news/10957636/karina-gould-liberal-leadership-race/amp/
‘A welfare state with a budget on the right side of zero’: Iceland’s youngest-ever prime minister has a plan for a new kind of governance
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/12/a-welfare-state-with-a-budget-on-the-right-side-of-zero-icelands-youngest-ever-prime-minister-has-a-plan-for-a-new-kind-of-governance
